2. TV and audio-visual
. Figure 2.1 Main TV set share by platform Satellite Freeview (pay or Cable TV DTV via broadband Only terrestrial TV No TV in (pay or free) free) DSL line (channels 1-4/1-5) household % homes 100% 4 2 4 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 7 10 7 9 4 7 6 6 9 8 1 13 8 11 10 7 1 3 8 7 6 10 1 8 80% 16 16 11 9 28 32 12 32 33 28 33 33 25 26 60% 33 34 34 35 28 28 40%
59 51 53 51 51 54 52 51 46 45 20% 40 39 43 33
0% UK 2016 NI 2016 ENG SCO WAL NI urban NI N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland 2016 2016 2016 2016 rural 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 Source: Of com Technology Tracker, Half 1 2016 Base: All adults aged 16+ (n = 3737 UK, 507 Northern Ireland, 2239 England, 502 Scotland, 489 Wales, 262 Northern Ireland urban, 245 Northern Ireland rural, 761 Northern Ireland 2010, 511 Northern Ireland 2011, 508 Northern Ireland 2012, 507 Northern Ireland 2013, 499 Northern Ireland 2014, 504 Northern Ireland 2015, 507 Northern Ireland 2016) Significance testing: Arrow s indicate any significant differences betw een Northern Ireland and UK in 2016, betw een Northern Ireland urban and rural in 2016 and betw een Northern Ireland 2015 and 2016 QH1A: Which, if any, of these types of television does your household use at the moment?
21 Figure 2.2 Proportion of homes with free and pay television Figure above bar shows % point change in Proportion of TV homes (%) Pay TV from H1 2015
+2 +3 +2 +10 +2 +3 +3 100%
80% 55 64 63 66 63 66 71 71 72 67 71 60% 74 76 74 Pay
40% Free
20% 45 36 37 34 37 34 33 26 29 29 24 28 29 26 0% UK 2016 N Ireland England Scotland Wales NI urban NI rural N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Of com Technology Tracker, Half 1 2016 Base: All adults aged 16+ w ith a TV in household (n = 3606 UK, 496 Northern Ireland, 2148 England, 491 Scotland, 471 Wales, 254 Northern Ireland urban, 242 Northern Ireland rural, 761 Northern Ireland 2010, 511 Northern Ireland 2011, 508 Northern Ireland 2012, 492 Northern Ireland 2013, 488 Northern Ireland 2014, 462 Northern Ireland 2015, 496 Northern Ireland 2016) Significance testing: Arrow s indicate any significant differences at the 95% confidence level betw een Northern Ireland and UK in 2016, betw een Northern Ireland urban and rural in 2016 and betw een Northern Ireland 2015 and 2016. Circles around the +/- figures above the chart indicate any significant difference betw een 2015 and 2016 for Northern Ireland, urban and rural. QH1A: Which, if any, of these types of television does your household use at the moment?
22 Figure 2.3 Proportion of homes with HD television
100%
80% 74 76 2 5 73 70 2 68 2 7 64 60% 6 5 Don't know if have HDTV channels 59 40% 58 61 56 HDTV channels 54 58 48 20% HD ready, no channels 13 14 10 14 11 0% 7 7 UK 2016 N Ireland England Scotland Wales 2016 N Ireland N Ireland 2016 2016 2016 urban 2016 rural 2016
Source: Of com Technology Tracker, Half 1 2016 Base: All adults aged 16+ w ith a TV in the household (n = 3606 UK, 496 Northern Ireland, 2148 England, 491 Scotland, 471 Wales, 254 Northern Ireland urban, 242 Northern Ireland rural) Significance testing: Arrow s indicate any significant differences at the 95% confidence level betw een Northern Ireland and UK in 2016, and betw een Northern Ireland urban and rural in 2016 QH53: Is the main TV in your household an HDTV set or HD ready?/ QH4: Although you have an HDTV ready set, to actually w atch TV channels and programmes that are broadcast in high definition, you need an HD set top box or a TV w ith built-in HDTV receiver. For the main TV set, does your household have an HD TV service? 23 Figure 2.4 Smart TV take-up in Northern Ireland
Figure above bar shows % point change in take-up of Smart TVs since H1 2015 % TV homes
50% +7 +3 +8 +2 +16 +4 +/-0 40%
30%
20% 33 28 29 10% 21 18 18 16
0% UK 2016 N Ireland 2016 England 2016 Scotland 2016 Wales 2016 NI urban 2016 NI rural 2016
Source: Of com Technology Tracker, Half 1 2016 Base: All adults aged 16+ w ith a TV in household (n = 3606 UK, 496 Northern Ireland, 2148 England, 491 Scotland, 471 Wales, 254 Northern Ireland urban, 242 Northern Ireland rural) Significance testing: Arrow s indicate any significant differences at the 95% confidence level betw een Northern Ireland and UK in 2016 and betw een Northern Ireland urban and rural in 2016. Circles around the +/- figures above the chart indicate any significant difference betw een 2015 and 2016 for Northern Ireland, urban and rural. QH62: Are any of your TV sets “Smart TVs”? These are new types of TV that are connected to the internet and can stream video directly onto your television screen, w ithout the need for a computer, set-top box or games console.
24 Figure 2.5 TV programmes, films and on-demand on any device
Figure above bar shows % point change in use since H1 2015 Ever used Used in the last week 80% +2 +/- 0 +21 +14 -1 -4 -1 -3 +13 +14 60% 60% 47% 44% 40% 38% 29% 25%
20% 13% 7% 4% 1% % of% internet users Irelandin N 0% Watching TV programmes/ Watchi ng TV/ films onli ne Watching other free Watching TV programmes/ Any of these films on catch up services via a standalone video professional TV films you have paid for on subscription service programmes/ films or video onlines stores to rent or channels online keep permanently Source: Ofcom Technology Tracker, Half 1 2016 Base: All NI adults aged 16+ w ho use the internet at home or elsew here (n = 395) Significance testing: Arrow s indicate any significant differences at the 95% confidence level betw een Northern Ireland 2015 and 2016 QH46: Thinking about your personal use of TV programmes and films online and on demand services that you may use on any device (e.g. smartphone, TV set, tablet or laptop) anyw here, w hich of the follow ing, if any, have you personally ever used? / QH47: And w hich, if any, of these have you used in the last w eek?
25 Figure 2.6
Average minutes of television viewing per day, by nation: 2015 Average 216 219* 240 250 225 minutes per (see note) person per day
300
250 All other 71 channels 200 71 60 70 64 PSB portfolio 50 channels 150 46 44 44 45 Main five PSB 100 channels
124 130 50 109 115 111 Average Average hoursofviewing, perperson day per 0 UK England* Scotland Wales N. Ireland
Source: BARB, Individuals (4+). Please see definitions for list of PSB channels *Note: This figure reflects the average across the English regions with the highest in Border at 243 minutes (4 hours 03 minutes) and lowest in London at 197 minutes (3 hours 17 minutes) respectively.
26 Figure 2.7 Share of the main five PSB channels in all homes, by UK nations and regions: 2015
Share of main Audience share (%) five PSBs 50.5% 58.6% 51.7% 45.7% 53.2% 50.1% 50.8% 50.5% 56.2% 55.1% 50.5% 51.5% 51.9% 49.4% 70
60 3.7 Channel 5 4.8 3.9 3.2 50 3.9 3.6 4.7 3.9 3.9 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.7 5.6 4.0 4.6 3.7 5.2 3.4 4.8 3.7 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.1 Channel 4 14.2 40 20.3 5.1 13.2 13.3 12.9 15.7 14.2 13.7 16.1 16.1 15.7 14.3 11.9 17.4 ITV/STV/UTV/ITV 30 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 5.7 Wales 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.5 20 5.4 4.4 BBC Two 25.2 27.0 26.6 21.9 23.2 23.2 21.8 20.8 20.8 22.2 23.2 10 19.5 20.4 18.8 BBC One 0 UK West Wales Border London Meridian Scotland Midlands Yorkshire N. Ireland North East North North West North South West East of of East England Source: BARB, Individuals (4+). HD channel variants are included but not +1s. Note: Chart shows figures rounded to one decimal place. Numbers may not appear to sum up to total share of main five PSBs due to rounding. 27 Figure 2.8 Change in combined share of the main five PSB channels, all homes: 2010 and 2015 Audience share (%) 70% +0.4 Share loss 60% 3.6 0.2 6.1 6.5 0.3 since 2010 (pp) 4.9 6.0 4.3 2.1 6.8 3.2 50% 6.7 4.2 40% Share of the 30% 58.6 56.2 main five PSB 51.7 53.2 50.8 55.1 51.5 51.9 50.5 45.7 50.1 50.5 50.5 49.4 channels in 20% 2015 10%
0%
-10% UK West Wales London Border Meridian Scotland Midlands Yorkshire N. Ireland North East North West South West East of England
Source: BARB, Individuals (4+). HD channel variants are included but not +1s.
28 Figure 2.9 Net change in the audience share of the main five PSB channels and their portfolio channels, all homes: 2010 and 2015 -2.6 +4.3 -0.5 -4.4 -3.8 -3.3 -2.7 -1.9 -1.6 -1.5 -4.0 -2.1 +1.8 0.0 Change in net 80% audience
share 20.5 16.1 17.5 16.6 15.5 18.0 19.4 20.519.2 17.5 (percentage 17.9 21.2 18.9 18.9 19.0 18.2 60% 20.2 18.4 20.7 20.5 19.2 20.3 19.3 18.020.1 15.719.9 20.6 points)
40% 58.2 55.4 57.8 59.8 56.1 55.1 59.7 57.3 54.7 52.2 52.3 50.1 52.6 56.2 55.3 51.5 51.9 53.5 58.6 51.7 50.8 50.5 55.1 50.5 49.4 20% 50.5 45.7 53.2 Audience Share(%)
0% Wales Border London Network Meridian Scotland Midlands Yorkshire N. Ireland HTV West North East North West South West
East of England Share of main five PSB channels in 2010 Share of PSB portfolio channels in 2010 Share of main five PSB channels in 2015 Share of PSB portfolio channels in 2015
Source: BARB, individuals 4+. Shares may not add to 100% due to rounding
29 Figure 2.10 BBC One and ITV/ STV/ UTV/ ITV Wales early evening news bulletin shares, all homes: 2015 Audience Share (%)
50%
40% BBC One
30% ITV/STV/ 47.6 UTV/ITV 42.3 20% 41.9 35.3
34.6 Wales 34.2 32.9 30.9 30.8 30.7 29.6 29.4 27.8 27.0 24.6 24.3 23.3 10% 22.4 20.1 19.8 19.2 18.5 18.3 17.3 16.5 15.7 14.5 13.8 0% UK West Wales Border London Meridian Scotland Midlands Yorkshire N. Ireland NorthEast NorthWest South West East of England Source: BARB, Individuals (4+).BBC One includes HD variant. ITV excludes HD variants and +1. Note: Early evening (‘local’) news bulletin figures based on ‘regional news’ genre programmes, start time 17:55-18:35, 10mins+ duration, BBC One & ITV (exc HD), weekdays. UK figures based on share to respective early evening news bulletin day parts. BBC One’s early evening news bulletin is transmitted between 18:30 – 19:00 and ITV/STV/UTV/ITV Wales’ is transmitted between 18:00 – 18:30.
30 Figure 2.11 Respondents’ main media source for UK and world news
3 3 5 3 Don't watch/ read/ listen to news 16 15 9 16 20 6 Other 10 10 17 11 9 10 10 8 4 Total websites or apps
Radio
64 60 59 58 62 Newspapers
TV
All England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Source: Ofcom Media Tracker 2015. Base: All (2,107); England (1,607); Scotland (180); Wales (164); Northern Ireland (156). Q62 - Can you tell me which one of these is your ‘main’ source of news about what is going on in the UK and in the world today? Significance testing – arrows show any difference in the main source of news between any nation and all adults in 2015
31 Figure 2.12 Spend on first-run originated nations’ and regions’ output by the BBC/ITV1/STV/UTV
Spend % change £400m 1 year 5 ye ars £321m £323m £303m -5.0% +3.5% £300m £29 £35 £284m £33 £261m £267m £266m £263m £270m Wales £256m £27 +4.5% +14.8% £59 £60 £28 £51 £28 £25 £27 £26 £26 £33 £29 £53 £52 £68 £55 -19.8% +6.3% Scotland £200m £29 £50 £52 £52
£25 £24 £25 £23 £26 £27 £27 +3.1% +12.0% Northern Ireland
£100m £200 £199 £191 £153 £160 £162 £165 £159 £162 £159 -1.7% -0.4% England
£0m 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Source: Broadcasters. All figures are nominal. Note: Spend data for first-run originations only. Excludes spend on BBC Alba and S4C output but includes some spend on Irish language programming by the BBC. Spend on content broadcast in the Scottish part of the ITV Border region is included within England from 2006-2013, but in Scotland thereafter. These figures do not include spend on network content.
32 Figure 2.13 Change in total spend on nations and regions output, by genre and nation: 2010-2015
UK England N. Ireland Scotland Wales
1yr (%) 5yr (%) 1yr (%) 5yr (%) 1yr (%) 5yr (%) 1yr (%) 5yr (%) 1yr (%) 5yr (%)
Current affairs -10% -1% -1% -28% 11% 68% -19% 34% -7% 11%
News 0% 2% -1% -1% 4% 17% 1% 16% -3% 0%
Non-news/non-current -14% 1% 0% -25% 1% -4% -28% -4% 14% 28% affairs
Total spend in 2015 £271m £159m £27m £56m £29m
UK England N. Ireland Scotland Wales
1yr 5yr 1yr 5yr 1yr 5yr 1yr 5yr 1yr 5yr
Change in spend -5% 1% -2% -4% 3% 12% -20% 6% 5% 15%
Source: Broadcasters. All figures are nominal. Note: Excludes spend on BBC Alba and S4C output but includes some spend on Irish language programming by the BBC. These figures do not include spend on network content. Spend on programming for the ITV Border region is divided between England and Scotland in 2014-2015 and attributed to England only prior to 2014. Figure 2.14 Total spend by the BBC/ ITV/ STV/ UTV on non-network nations/regions output for the main PSB channels: 2015 Spend £300m 271
61 Non-news/non- current affairs £200m 159 3
News 183 £100m 146 56 27 31 29 27 12 16 11 11 17 10 Current affairs £0m 5 8 3 UK England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Source: Broadcasters. Note: Excludes spend on BBC Alba and S4C output but includes some spend on Irish language programming by the BBC. These figures do not include spend on network content. Scotland figures include programming for viewers of ITV Border in Scotland. This was 73 hours of current affairs in 2015.
34 Figure 2.15 First-run originated hours of nations/regions output, by genre and broadcaster: 2015
11,076 hrs 6,800 hrs 941 hrs 2368 hrs 967 hrs 2015 total hours -1% +1% +0% -10% +3% Change since 2014 0% +0% -7% +26% -4% Change since 2010 3 31 1,003 63 ITV/STV/UTV non- news/non-current 2,674 221 906 262 affairs ITV/STV/UTV news 3,651 44 45 50 251 49 169 ITV/STV/UTV current 777 494 230 affairs
112 BBC non-news/non- Hoursof output 3,770 current affairs 4,845 329 400 347 BBC news 328
549 254 44 199 52 BBC current affairs UK England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Source: Broadcasters. Note: Hours data for first-run originations only. Excludes hours for BBC Alba and S4C output but includes some hours of Irish language programming by the BBC. These figures do not include hours of network content. Scotland figures include programming for viewers of ITV Border in Scotland. This was 73 hours of current affairs in 2015 35 Figure 2.16 Cost per hour for total nations’ and regions’ output, by nation: 2010- 2015 5% 2% 21% 1% 23% Change since 2010 Cost per hour £30k
£20k 2010 £28k £26k £22k £23k £23k £23k £22k 2015 £10k £21k £20k £20k
£0k UK England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Source: Broadcasters. All figures are nominal. Note: Excludes spend on BBC Alba and S4C output but includes some spend on Irish language programming by the BBC. These figures do not include spend on network content. Scotland figures include programming for viewers of ITV Border in Scotland. This was 73 hours of current affairs in 2015
36 Figure 2.17 Other spend on other programming in the devolved nations: 2015
Spend
£100m BBC S4C Statutory
£80m 28.0 S4C £60m
£40m BBC Alba 66.8
£20m 4.8 13.6 ILBF / USBF funding £0m Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Source: Broadcasters. Note: BBC S4C Statutory refers to the cost to the BBC of programming supplied to S4C by the BBC as part of their statutory agreement. ILBF / USBF refers to additional production contributions by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund and the Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund. S4C figures cover the 2015/2016 financial year, BBC Alba and ILBF / USBF figures cover the 2015 calendar year.
37 Figure 2.18 ILBF content funding recipients, by broadcaster / platform: 2015/2016
Raidió Fáilte 10%
Online 2% TG4 38% TG4 and BBC Alba 15%
BBC NI 34%
Source: Northern Ireland Screen
38 Figure 2.19 ILBF funded hours: 2015/2016
BBC Alba & TG4 , BBC NI, 2 hours 0.5 hours
BBC NI, 4 hours
TG4, 4 hours
Raidió Fáilte, 50 hours
Source: Northern Ireland Screen
39 Figure 2.20 ILBF content funding, by genre, 2015/2016
Documentary & Tribute Concert series, 14.9%
Music/ Observational Entertainment Documentary series, 21% series, 18.5%
Digital, 8.3%
Factual series, Training schemes, 15.8% 10.4%
Source: Northern Ireland Screen. Includes all programmes
40 Figure 2.21 USBF Content funding, by broadcaster: 2015/2016
Interactive Content, 10% NVTV, 10%
UTV / STV, 10% BBC NI, 70%
Source: Northern Ireland Screen, includes all programmes
41 Figure 2.22 USBF Breakdown of output, by genre: 2015/2016
Interactive content, 10%
Language, 10%
Factual/entertainment, 30% Music, 10%
Magazine Series, 10% Documentary, 20% Mus ic , 10%
Source: Northern Ireland Screen, includes all programmes
42 Figure 2.23 Expenditure on originated network productions: 2011-2015 Percentage of production by value 0.4% 0.9% 2.2% 1% 1.5% 100% 2.8% 3.5% 3% 3.5% 4.9% 3.3% Other 1.0% 0.8% 4.4% 1.1% 5.9% 1% 5.2% 0.9% 4.3% 14.7% 12.1% 14.0% Northern Ireland 80% 13.6% 13.4%
Wales 16.7% 20.3% 19.9% 22.5% 20.3% 60% 2.5% 2.6% 1.1% Scotland 2.1% 1.6% Southern England 40% Northern England 57.0% 55.4% 51.9% 51.6% 54.4% 20% Midlands & East
London 0% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: This expenditure does not include network news production .The category ‘other’ refers to programmes made by producers based within the M25 that qualify as regional productions on the grounds that 70% of total spend and 50% of off- screen talent spend was outside the M25 but not all in one macro-region, and therefore cannot be attributed to a single region. See http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/programme-guidance/reg_prod/ on Ofcom website for further details.
43 Figure 2.24 Volume of originated network productions: 2011-2015 Percentage of production by volume
0.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 100% 1.6% 1.7% 1.4% 1.8% 2.7% Other 0.8% 6.8% 0.9% 7.2% 0.9% 8.4% 0.8% 7.5% 0.9% 7.2% 10.9% 10.1% 11.9% 11.2% 10.4% 80% Northern Ireland 13.4% 18.3% 21.1% 24.1% 21.8% Wales 7.7% 60% 6.3% Scotland 6.1% 5.1% 5.5%
40% Southern England
58.5% 54.7% 49.4% 48.9% 50.8% Northern England 20% Midlands & East
0% London 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: Ofcom/broadcasters Note: These hours do not include network news production . The category ‘other’ refers to programmes made by producers based within the M25 that qualify as regional productions on the grounds that 70% of total spend and 50% of off-screen talent spend was outside the M25 but not all in one macro-region, and therefore cannot be attributed to a single region. See http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/programme-guidance/reg_prod/ on Ofcom website for further details.
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